The Marked One

The Marked One is a 1963 British second feature crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring William Lucas, Zena Walker and Patrick Jordan. An ex-con's daughter is kidnapped by a blackmailer.

Plot summary
Truck driver Don Mason is an ex-con who served time for involvement in a forgery racket, and is now trying to go straight. A blackmailer demands the plates used in the forgery, threatening Mason's wife and kidnapping their child.

Cast

 * William Lucas as Don Mason
 * Zena Walker as Kay Mason
 * Patrick Jordan as Inspector Mayne
 * Laurie Leigh as Maisie
 * David Gregory as Ed Jones
 * Arthur Lovegrove as Benson
 * Marianne Stone as Mrs Benson
 * Kim Tracy as Wanda
 * Edward Ogden as Nevil Stone
 * Frederick Peisley as Mossie
 * Dorothy Gordon as Ruby
 * Frank Sieman as Lacey
 * Brian Nissen as Charles Warren
 * Lynn Pinkney as Sally
 * Richard McNeff as Inspector Rogers

Production
The film was made at MGM Studios, Borehamwood.

Critical reception
Monthly Film Bulletin said "Spot-the-blackmailer crime thriller, quite neatly built but sleazy and slackly motivated (why is everyone so crassly opposed to going to the police?). The direction is nondescript; William Lucas, Zena Walker and Brian Nissen act well despite stereotyped roles."